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Uniform Tire Quality Grading, commonly abbreviated as UTQG, is a set of standards for passenger car tires that measures a tire's treadwear, temperature resistance and traction. The UTQG was created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 1978, a branch of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). [ 1 ]
Starting in 1972 tires were specified by load rating, using a letter code. In practice, a higher load rating tire was also a wider tire. In this system a tire had a letter, optionally followed by "R" for radial tires, followed by the aspect ratio, a dash and the diameter – C78-15 or CR78-15 for bias and radial, respectively. Each diameter of ...
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The company formerly known as the United States Rubber Company, now Uniroyal, is an American manufacturer of tires and other synthetic rubber-related products, as well as variety of items for military use, such as ammunition, explosives, chemical weapons and operations and maintenance activities (O&MA) at the government-owned contractor-operated facilities. [1]
In January 2016, after the dissolution of the partnership with Goodyear, the Sumitomo Rubber USA factory in Tonawanda, New York began to produce Falken Tire-branded tires. The Falken brand is considered a low-price brand tire in the North American market, rated as a Tier 3 tire by those in the industry. [9]
Sentury Tire (formerly the Sentaida Group) is a Chinese manufacturer of tires for cars and aviation, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. [1] In 2015, it was ranked the 50th largest tire maker in the world by sales according to the trade publication "Tire Business". [2] The company markets tires under the Landsail and Delinte brands. [3] [4]
Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 杭州中策橡膠) is China's largest manufacturer of automotive tyres. [1] The company began as Hangzhou Rubber Factory in 1958. In 2011 it was the tenth largest tyre maker in the world, with $4.26 billion worth of sales. [2]
Goodyear was the first global tire manufacturer to enter China when it invested in a tire manufacturing plant in Dalian in 1994. Goodyear was a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average between 1930 and 1999. [8] The company opened a new global headquarters building in Akron in 2013.